WITHERINGTEARS



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    During an uneventful and quite frankly boring day in the Tulpar, 5 months after the crash, Daisuke ends up finishing his tasks early and notices that Anya is missing. He goes to look for her and discovers that she's hiding out in the Medical Room, holding an alarming number of painkillers. Maybe just in an attempt to stop her from doing something rash, he sits with her and asks her what's wrong, leading to her opening up about her darkest moment.

    Daisuke isn't just going to leave it at listening, though...

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    26 Jun 2026

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    After the disastrous adventure in episode 7, Caine reflects on himself, realizing that he’s completely failed at his purpose. But instead of blaming the humans, he decides that the problem lies within his code, and he’ll do anything to fix it.

    The humans are reasonably upset after Caine’s latest adventure, but when Pomni realizes that the AI has been suffering more than any of them could imagine, it becomes their mission to help him and make the circus a better place for everyone.

    AKA Me coping because Caine did not deserve to die ;-;

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    "You're staying?"

    "Yes." Avery answers with no hesitation.

    "You won't leave?"

    "No."

    Derek's expression softens. Avery could see it in his eyes behind the shadow of his gold helmet.

    Then, without warning, Derek steps forward and pulls Avery into a hug.

    Avery stiffens instantly at the sudden contact, his cheek brushing gently against the cold surface of Derek's armor. His hands awkwardly remained on his sides— clueless on where to put them. He couldn't exactly relax under his embrace. Not when he didn't know what this hug actually meant.

    "What's in your inventory?" Derek asks.

    Avery is taken aback once more. "What?"

    "What's in your inventory?"

    And that's all it takes. A moment of distraction— and a decisive motion as he shoved Avery backward.

    From then, Avery's cry echoed. "Wait!"

    That was all that Derek remembered before everything went black. Or at least, that was the only part that truly mattered.

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    Derek survives but now has to live with an ancient god within him.

    It goes precisely the way it shouldn't.

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    “Are you family?”

    “I’m–” he isn’t. Derek is just someone he once met. Just someone Avery barely knows. Derek is just someone who saved his life and someone who decided Avery was worth more than his own life. But Avery can’t come up with something good to lie to the paramedic’s piercing gaze. “I’m–”

    “His boyfriend?” The paramedic asks, a glint in his eye telling Avery that he understands the situation and that he’ll cover for the lie. Avery nods, swallowing hard, and enters the ambulance.

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    After the events of DAWTDE, Avery finally finds Derek alive. The King is gone, and for the first time, Avery thinks he and Derek may rest. But between fragile smiles and blushes, it becomes clear one does not need to exist in order to haunt the narrative.

    What happens when you're the horror?

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    Updates on Saturdays!

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    22 Jun 2026

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    The cold spray of the waves crashing against the rocks stung Hizashi’s eyes as he looked around wildly.

    Where was Shouta?

    He’d failed to reach his friend as he toppled backwards off the platform, but he wasn’t going to fail again. He was not going to lose Shouta here. He’d dive right into the churning sea if he had to.

    In the aftermath of the final battle, as the dust finally settles, Aizawa Shouta and Yamada Hizashi begin to reckon with the ways in which their lives have—and have not—changed.
    From the charred rubble of destruction, seeds of hope can grow. Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

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    21 Jun 2026